K.S.S Nelson

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K.S.S Nelson

 

The K.S.S Nelson is a half scaled (about) replica of the HMS Nelson with a personal touch.

I chose the ship because i just really liked the more unique look of the nelson. And i also had plans for other RN ships at the time, so why not.

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I was originally supposed to make it properly sized, but kinda misjudged the scale of the main turret, witch was the first thing i built.

Also, the howitzers that it uses as it's main weapons, are quite small.

But, i kinda really like this half scale thing, it allows me to make everything from the humble destroyer to the mighty super-battleships with less than 1000 parts.

 

The Nelson was also supposed to be a proper replica, but since the real thing had one too many AA positions, i decided to just personalize the ships AA compliment.

I also was originally supposed to use custom built secondary turrets on the thing, but the part saving part in me wanted to make things a bit more simple and just use rocket turrets instead.

That is also the reason why the main turrets have no floor in them, it would have just been a waste of parts.

All the gun-pits with the 50.cal turrets where supposed to have custom built dummy 20mm Oerlikon guns in them. Tough the Oerlikon gun may only have 10 parts, once you put down like ten of them, it starts to hurt the part count a lot.

And here's pick of the guns that where removed.

Spoiler

The ship would have had 6 of these 18 part IR powered turrets.

 

It would have had 10 of these 10 part Oerlikon guns, plus the 10 50.cal turrets placed near these guns, that are there to make it seem like these dummy gums would actually work.

Just by eliminating those secondary turrets and those dummy Oerlikon guns, i saved a whopping 208 parts.

 

Instruction for piloting the ship:

Action group 1, main engines.

Action groups 2 and 3, steering.

A and D, rotation of main turrets and rangefinder.

 

Technical specks.

Armaments:

           Main: 3x turrets with 3 105mm howitzers.

           Secondary: 6x rocket turrets, 4x 30mm chain-gun.

           AA: 15x 50.cal turret, 4x 30mm chain-gun.

Top speed: 37 m/s.

Length: 94.7m.

Width: 13.8m.

Height: 18.5m.

Parts: 744.

Mass: 635 tons.

 

Mods used: Infernal robotics and BD-armory.

 

Download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wyu92vhn83dos2/K_S_S Nelson.craft?dl=0

 

And there it is for you, the biggest R/C model you'll ever see. I hope you enjoy it .

 

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Edited July 16, 2017 by kapteenipirk

[Kerbinchaser]

I LOVE those Oerlikons. Those are incredible!